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Play directly to a media player, Auto-restart playback to a upnp device – Epiphan Pearl User Manual

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Pearl User Guide

Stream content using UPnP

UPnP can also be used to directly play a recording to the digital media player, or to set a media player to
automatically play a particular live stream after reboot of Pearl. See

What is streaming?

and

What is

streaming?

.

Play directly to a media player

If your digital media player is UPnP enabled, Pearl can play direct the media player to play recorded files,
without browsing through menus in the player.

Recorded files must be in MPEG-TS format and use the supported codecs: H.264 with MP3 or AAC
audio. Having a viewer password could prevent the ability to use UPnP.

To play directly to a media player:

 1. Connect to the admin interface using your preferred connection mechanism. See

Connect to the admin

interface

.

 2. Login as admin.

 3. Ensure Share recorded files through UPnP is enabled on your Pearl and for the channel or recorder

you wish to share. (See

Play directly to a media player

.)

 4. Go to the recorded files list for the desired channel or recorder. (See

Recorded files

.)

 5. From the list of files, select the file you want to play and click on the Play To icon for the file; a list of

visible digital media players is displayed.

 6. Select a media player; the recording plays on the screen(s) connected to the media player.

Auto-restart playback to a UPnP device

In unmanned situations such as industrial applications and digital signs, it is useful to automatically have a
stream played to a digital media player, even if Pearl restarts.

To configure auto-restart of a stream to a media player:

 1. Connect to the admin interface using your preferred connection mechanism. See

Connect to the admin

interface

.

 2. Login as admin.

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